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On Contemplation

I tried to understand you

In order to understand myself

The prayer being the 'mirror'

For my contemplation

I excavated my 'idea of you'

Shaped always by my own carefully honed thoughts

My perfect ideology was never found

Neither satisfied or filled with discontent

I found myself a perfect shell

Whose 'echo' was devoid of argument

yvette m smith feb 09

poem by Yvette Smith
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I Dont Understand My Girlfriend

(toby keith/jim femina)
I thought it would be dandy
If I bought that girl some candy
How was I suppose to know she was allergic to chocolate
I thought it would be fine
If we shared a glass of wine
She said, oh no, not another alcoholic
I dont understand my girlfriend
I havent got a clue
I dont know where shes coming from
Or where shes going to
But if opposites attract
Then I found the perfect woman jack
I dont understand my girlfriend
She dont understand me, too
Yeah I thought Id show some class
And order pheasant under glass
Hey how was I suppose to know she was an avid bird watcher
I dont understand my girlfriend
I havent got a clue
I dont know where shes coming from
Or where shes going to
But if opposites attract
Then I found the perfect woman jack
I dont understand my girlfriend
She dont understand me too
No she dont understand me too
No she dont understand me too

song performed by by Toby Keith
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How To Write Wrong Right

What is wrong is often misunderstood as right

And what is right is often wrong

And so many write the song

And make right wrong

And do this right

Error perfect

Taught the perfect flaw

There is no cure or cause or fate

Of late forgetulness makes us feel blessed

Make sense from 'Ignorance is bliss'

Making what's wrong, our perfect right

We create 'our genius' over night! !

mary shelley junior

AKA Yvette m Smith

dec 08

poem by Yvette Smith
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Imaginary Lover

Lover, you are not as I imagined

Though your skin like water,

Still flows through me

And the river drinks you in like a kiss

Yet untouched

I have loved you

In nakedness

I have found you

In clothes of flesh and bone

I have found you

Still

Undiscovered

Like a flower whose face upturned to the light

Shuts tight in darkness

I have found you

Wrapped in the bud of your own longing

And after you lover

After the the shining sun bowed to the moon

And the waves fell back into the sea

My soul travelled back to the shore

Without you

Only the shell of you remaining

Upturned in the sand

yvette smith dec 08

poem by Yvette Smith
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The Perfect Father

The Perfect Father
who accepts you
the perfect father
who protects you

The perfect father
what will you do?
but believe in him
and accept Him too

The perfect Father
who gave His life
The perfect Father
is found in Jesus Christ

The perfect Father
who knows your name
The perfect father
who will remain

The perfect Father
who lovingly guides
who wants to lead you
like a shepherd
and walk
by your side

The perfect Father
who listens and holds
The perfect Father
who gently consoles

The perfect Father
who changes you
by his Love and his kindness
and acceptance too

The perfect Father
who understands
This perfect Father
became a man

So that you could come
to personally know Him
and know there is a Father
who is out there my friend

There is a Father
who exist, your not dreaming

He's looking for you
while your searching for Him

He's found in Jesus Christ

Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life
no one comes to the father except through me'
(The Holy Bible) John 14: 6

poem by Debbie Bennett
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Ideal Perfect

Trying to be that idea of perfect,
When in reality we're all falling apart,
Dressing, acting, talking like everyone else,
What's wrong with being different? ?
Can't you see that's the greatest part of life...
Being unique.
Make that idea of perfect YOUR way.
When you feel alone,
Like no one cares,
Bad thoughts in your mind,
When you're on the edge of life,
Losing control...
Just forget about the world and everyone in it,
Stop trying to be that idea of perfect,
Just know...
You don't have to try for me or anyone else,
You're perfect and everything amazing to me,
Be yourself,
Because really you're so very special just the way you are

poem by Brandi Dybala
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Gift

Love given

Ridden

Lived in

Loved in

Lost in

Love fallen

Broken

Stalling

Spoken

Woken in smoke filled rooms

Full of old whispers calling to

Love taken

Mistaken

Forsaken

Love wounded

Love preacher

Love teacher

Love prayer

Love giver

Lover taker

Love sinner

Love maker

Love over

Too soon

like a gift forgotten

Your face in the mirror

Much older

yvette m smith sept 09

poem by Yvette Smith
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Hardrive

Its a 'hardrive to success and to 'happiness'

A fingertip in space

Tapping at a 'human face'

Perfect

In digital harmony

Colour tone

And paste

Each pixel an atom

Finding its completion

Locked in space

yvette m smith sept 08

poem by Yvette Smith
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Perfect Part 2

I don’t need perfect cloth
I don’t need perfect hair
What I need is a confidence

I don’t need perfect score
I don’t need perfect job
What I need is a support

I don’t need perfect word
I don’t need perfect dream
What I need is a chance

I don’t need perfect agreement
I don’t need perfect control
What I need is a solution

I don’t need perfect holiday
I don’t need perfect memories
What I need is a peace of mind

I don’t need perfect home
I don’t need perfect family
What I need is a comfort

I don’t need perfect love
I don’t need perfect life
What I need is an understanding

poem by Maria Sudibyo
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The Perfect Fit

God has to be
A part of this
I could not have
Found a better love
Even if I were to dream it
We are a perfect fit
Like an echo
Of finness
Our love is a true
Product of happiness
It's so strong
My heart with yours
Is where it belongs
Being with you is wonderful
I could never go wrong
Some people search for a lifetime
To find
A love like ours
Like a lovely flower
I never want to stop
Seeing you as being beautiful
You make living life
So meaningful
I have you
And I won't let go
I love you so
God has given me a kiss
From Heaven
When He sent you to me
You are such a blessing
We are truly meant
You and I
Are the perfect fit

poem by Tameeka Smith
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And So Found Dawn

it was in doubt
that i found faith.
it was in forgiveness
that i found forgiveness.
it was in loss
that i found passion.
it was in suffering
that i found understanding.
it was in letting go
that i found freedom.
it was in the mirror
that i found prayer.
it was in darkness
that i found light.
it was in jail
that i found dignity.
it was in addiction
that i found determination.
it was in giving
that i found love.
it was in fighting
that i found reason.
it was in reason
that i found dissatifaction.
it was in questioning
that i found truth.
it was in truth
that i found the need for silence.
it was in silence
that i found kindness.
it was in working
that i found respect.
it was in respect
that i found acceptance.
it was in living
that i found god.
it was in god
that i found the need to touch.
it was in caring.
that i got dirty...
and so found dawn...

poem by Eric Cockrell
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A Perfect World

In a perfect world,
Death would never be.
Life would be forever
And last eternally.

In a perfect world
You'd still be by our side,
Lighting up our happy lives.
You never would have died.

In a perfect world,
Sadness would not be found.
Love and life, and happiness
Forever would abound.

We Believe that perfect world
Awaits us when we die.
A world where eternal bliss
Is found in Heaven's sky.

We'll cling to faith and hope,
For God is a God of love.
And then in time we'll join you
In that perfect world above.

poem by Ron Tranmer
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I Dont Understand

I dont understand your hurt,
and i wish you knew mine,
because I'd sooner shed tears of blood,
then leave you behind.

You've found my center,
and it feels perfect with you there.
You're more than true love,
you're the answer to my sweetest prayer.

I won't be gone long,
and you'll be in my dreams,
just hold me in your memories,
the time is shorter than it seems.

poem by Heather Noble
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Perfect Pair

Beneath the perfect warm sunshine,
Beneath the perfect sky...
The lion and his Valentine
Both shared the perfect sigh...
Love is both precious and perfect,
The maximum, the best...
The strongest love that could be checked
Could pass each trial and test...

The perfect breeze had calmed the air...
They rested, so serene...
And everyone was quite aware
The king had found his queen.
There was no doubt their love would last
The years until life's end...
For each had found how quick time passed
When with the perfect friend.

They gazed into each other's smile...
Like perfect lovers do...
The perfect pair stayed there a while...
Content, for love was new...
I envy them with all my heart,
For all the joy they've known...
You see, I live my life apart...
Unloved and all alone...

The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Perfect Pair'.

The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed here:
denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com

poem by Denis Martindale
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Simple Mind

There’s simple girl
With simple mind
She wants perfect love
But she finds it’s hard
To get a perfect guy
With a perfect job
Has a perfect house
Keeps a perfect dog
In a perfect time
And a perfect place
For a perfect happily ever after

So she change little
Of her simple mind
She still wants perfect love
She knows it’s hard
To get a perfect guy
With a perfect job
Has a perfect house
Keeps a perfect dog
In a perfect time
And a perfect place
For a perfect happily ever after

But at least she quite satisfied
With her simple mind
She doesn’t have perfect love
But she finds it’s hard to leave him
That has a good smile
Gets a desirable job
Builds a little home
Keeps a cheering dog
In unexpected moment
And unforgettable place
For hopefully happily ever after

poem by Maria Sudibyo
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Perfect World

Everybodys dreamin bout a perfect world
Where you could have everthing your heart desires
A perfect boy will meet a perfect girl
And the perfect love will set the world on fire
Well what you ganna do, when one and one makes three
And a vision of the future is impossible to see
Nobodys perfect, not even a perfect fool,
But if youll have faith in me
Ill keep faith in you
Aint no livin in a perfect world
There aint no perfect world anyway
Aint no livin in a perfect world
But well keep on dreamin of livin in a perfect world
Keep on dreamin of livin in a perfect world
Everybodys got secrets, now you know that its true
They talk about me and theyll talk about you
Something happens to the pledges of trust
Down through the years they begin to rust
Now here we are amid the tears and the laughter
Still waiting for our happily ever after
Well keep on dreamin as long as we can
Try to remember and youll understand
Aint no lvin in a perfect world
There aint no perfect world anyway
Aint no livin in a perfect world
But well keep on dreamin of livin in a perfect world
Keep on dreamin of livin in a perfect world

song performed by by Huey Lewis And The News
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Your Perfect Little Girl...

Your perfect little girl dropped a grade on her report card.
Your perfect little girl yelled at you last night.
Your perfect little girl painted her nails black.
Your perfect little girl lied to you all her life.
Your perfect little girl cries herself to sleep.
Your perfect little girl slits her wrists till she bleeds.
Your perfect little girl hates you.
Your perfect little girl hates herself.
Your perfect little girl has given up on life.
Your perfect little girl had a tantrum today.
Your perfect little girl has her head in the toilet after dinner.
Your perfect little girl wants to run away.
Your perfect little girl hasn't let you dry her tears.
Your perfect little girl disobeyed you.
Your perfect little girl hates the world.
Your perfect little girl is hated by the world.
Your perfect little girl is very unhappy.
Your perfect little girl tried to commit suicide.
Your perfect little girl became a disgrace.
Your perfect little girl keeps alot of secrets.
Your perfect little girl deals with everything on her own
Your perfect little girl had to grow up too fast.
Your perfect little girl is on the edge of breakdown.
Your perfect little girl just isn't so perfect anymore.

poem by Gabriela Valoy
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Nobody Sings

Nobody sings.........

And goes largely unnoticed in a crowd

He doesn't crave affection, attention

Fame or celebrity

He is proud of his roots, of being 'a nobody'

It means he is free

To live simply

quietly and be,

Himself

Most importantly

Like an unspoilt day

In an artists gaze

Unframed

Never twice the same

But being 'ordinary '

Means always longing to be 'somebody'

Famous

Powerful

A ttractive

Bright

The 'ordinary' wannabe a 'somebody'

Not out of sight...but always SEEN,

They cleave to ideas of 'celebrity'

Cheap cosmetic alterations

Achieved on higher purchase

Cloning serf for 'SELF'

[they are never free....being 'ordinary']

They feel lost on the shelf!
The perpetual victim who,

Drew the short straw

destabilised

Always wanting more.

But the 'somebody'

Always wants to be 'somebody else'

Never satisfied

Discontent

The somebody wants more and more

Without relent,

More fame

More notice

More cars and money

More easy uncomplicated love

More adoration

Infatuation

From the 'powers above'

Being 'somebody ' means

[You are never free]

To catch a plane or bus

Without a fuss

A face in the paper

Or on T.V

Being somebody

Means always wanting more

Unsure of what it is [exactly]

Somebody's become a bore

Predictable saboteurs of their own 'ascent'

Relentless in their' perfect argument'

They 'fix a face' for every public event

And become the architects of their own

Very public 'descent'

Blaming pressure of fame

Drugs and booze

Childhood trauma

Domestic abuse

Later they return

Dogs to their own vomit

With cash in,

Tell alls

confessionals

And talk shows

And daily journals

And finally their own column

Or show

Being a somebody means always wanting more

They are unsure of exactly what this is though?

Not really free just to be

'They' are always coming back for more

So being a nobody is much easier by far

Simply living your life

Being who you are

Not some faded has been/wannbe 'star'! !

yvette m smith sept 08

poem by Yvette Smith
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My Perfect Sister

MY PERFECT SISTER
My perfect sister holds me tight
My perfect sister kisses me goodnight
My perfect sister knows when I’m mad
My perfect sister helps me when I’m sad
My perfect sister is so smart
My perfect sister has my heart
My perfect sister is good and nice
My perfect sister holds me at night
My perfect sister loves me lots
My perfect sister ties the knot
My perfect sister is here to stay
My perfect sister I have until this very day
My perfect sister I wish you well
My perfect sister yes I can tell
My perfect sister asked if I lied
My perfect sister knows if I’ve cried
My perfect sister has moved away
->My perfect sister is in my heart to and will always stay

poem by Megan Sandifer
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Perfect Stranger (live)

(BlackmoreGloverGillan)
Can you remember remember my name
As I flow through your life
A thousand oceans I have flown
And cold spirits of ice
All my life
I am the echo of your past
I am returning the echo of a point in time
Distant faces shine
A thousand warriors I have known
And laughing as the spirits appear
All your life
Shadows of another day
And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect Strangers
I know I must remain inside this silent
well of sorrow
A strand of silver hanging through the
sky
Touching more than you see
The voice of ages in your mind
Is aching with the dead of the night
Precious life (your tears are lost in
falling rain)
And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect Strangers

song performed by by Deep Purple
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You

You make me laugh

The way you smile with your critical eyes

And point with your finger of wisdom

In the direction of mecca?

Or Ambrosia

Or some other foreign God

So you bending your rod

Bow

Down

At the high temple of pure wisdom

You who understand

'nothing'

About being human

Distracted by dead writers

And

These broken lines

Keep you in detention

Held back in school

While the world goes racing by

Full of hot blood and fury

And the passion of being alive

[this is just a commentary]
yvette m smith may 09

poem by Yvette Smith
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